The Hammer Falls

Concussion Mace

Category:

weapon (melee)

Description:

Concussion Mace

Desperate times call for desperate measures, which may explain
the Concussion Mace’s recent popularity as a melee weapon.
Designed on Hadd for use by asteroid miners who need an
instrument they can employ within the tight confi nes of a
tumbling zero-gravity rock, the Concussion Mace is essentially
a small explosion on a stick. The fl anged shell of the “mace” acts
as a sort of containment cage for an ancient fragment of gravity
plate, which activates when the mace strikes a target with
suffi cient force, creating a small crushing fi eld. Unfortunately,
the mace does not discriminate between friend and foe, and
many overzealous Acolytes have been the unwitting cause of
their own demise by attempting to use this weapon in tight
quarters. The shaft is 1.5 metres in length, so when properly
used the wielder is out of the effective blast radius. On a
Weapon Skill roll of 94–00 the user is within the blast radius
and takes damage equal to the weapon’s normal damage.